2008年10月15日星期三

Yahoo! News: World - China

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: World - China

Pakistani, Chinese presidents meet in Beijing (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 05:30 AM CDT

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari (left) met with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao (right) on Wednesday as he looks to Islamabad's loyal ally for crucial financial and nuclear energy investments.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari met with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on Wednesday as he looks to Islamabad's loyal ally for crucial financial and nuclear energy investments.


Blackstone eyes China property, sees lower prices (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 04:20 AM CDT

Reuters - U.S. private equity giant Blackstone Group said on Wednesday that it still aims to complete a pair of property deals in Shanghai, although a company official said valuations in China need to come down and regulations should be friendlier to foreign investors.

China milk consumers hunt for alternatives: study (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 03:12 AM CDT

Shelves for dairy products are seen empty in a supermarket in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.  China is ordering all liquid and powdered milk manufactured before Sept. 14 to be taken off the shelves for melamine testing, the first time it has issued a blanket recall of products since the tainted dairy scandal broke last month. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)Reuters - Chinese dairy brands at the center of the country's latest food safety scandal face big hurdles luring back alarmed consumers seeking alternatives, according to a study released on Wednesday.


China recalls all dairy products over one month old: state press (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 02:29 AM CDT

Young Chinese children hold bottles of fresh milk straight from the cow at a farm in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on October 10. China has urgently ordered all dairy products more than a month old to be pulled from shop shelves nationwide in its latest step to end a scandal over contaminated milk, state press reported Wednesday.(AFP)AFP - China has urgently ordered all dairy products more than a month old to be pulled from shop shelves nationwide in its latest step to end a scandal over contaminated milk, state press reported Wednesday.


China pension fund to buy into China Development Bank: report (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 01:43 AM CDT

An aerial photo shows the centre of Beijing's central business district in early August. China's pension fund is likely to pay up to US$4.4 billion for a stake in China Development Bank, which is preparing for a stock market listing.(AFP/File/Goh Chai Hin)AFP - China's pension fund is likely to pay up to 30 billion yuan (4.4 billion dollars) for a stake in China Development Bank, which is preparing for a stock market listing, state media reported Wednesday.


Eight monks imprisoned for bomb blast in Tibet (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 01:35 AM CDT

Tibetan Buddhist protest near the historic Labrang Monastery, in the town of Xiahe, Gansu Province in March. Eight monks convicted of staging a bomb attack in Tibet at the height of anti-China protests nearly seven months ago have been sentenced to prison, one of them for life, a judge said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)AFP - Eight monks convicted of staging a bomb attack in Tibet at the height of anti-China protests nearly seven months ago have been sentenced to prison, one of them for life, a judge said Wednesday.


Beijing tourist spot reopens two months after brutal murder (AFP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2008 12:55 AM CDT

People gather outside Beijing's ancient Drum Tower in August after an American was murdered there during the Olympics. The Drum Tower, a popular tourist spot in Beijing, has reopened with extra security.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - The Drum Tower, a popular tourist spot in Beijing, has reopened with extra security two months after an American was murdered there during the Olympics, an employee said Wednesday.


China tests new drug to fight intestinal worms (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 08:23 PM CDT

Reuters - A new drug from China appears to be effective in getting rid of a number of intestinal worms, a problem that plagues more than a billion people around the world.

Credit crisis casts gloom over China's exporters (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 07:31 PM CDT

In this March 19, 2008 file photo, Chinese workers push a wheel barrow past a heap of iron ore powder near a dock in Tianjin, northern China. China, the biggest threat from the U.S. crisis is to the exports that have powered its growth. A slowdown in China would also ripple through the global economy, possibly prolonging the slump, as Chinese demand falls for goods ranging from Australian iron ore to factory equipment from the United States, Europe and Japan. (AP Photo, File)AP - As they prepare for China's biggest export fair this week, managers at Shunde Xiongfeng Electric Industrial Co. are anxious.


China orders more milk testing, HK boy sick (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 01:51 PM CDT

Shelves for dairy products are seen empty in a supermarket in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.  China is ordering all liquid and powdered milk manufactured before Sept. 14 to be taken off the shelves for melamine testing, the first time it has issued a blanket recall of products since the tainted dairy scandal broke last month. (AP Photo/Color China Photo)AP - China's store shelves are being cleared of all milk and milk powder more than a month old, a huge recall that marks the latest government effort to restore consumer confidence after four babies died from drinking milk tainted with an industrial chemical.


China aims to provide healthcare for all by 2020 (AFP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 11:13 AM CDT

A medical technician at a Beijing medical clinic. China unveiled details Tuesday of a long-awaited overhaul of its struggling healthcare system, aiming to provide affordable basic care for all by 2020.(AFP/File/Frederic Brown)AFP - China unveiled details Tuesday of a long-awaited overhaul of its struggling healthcare system, aiming to provide affordable basic care for all by 2020.


China blames tainted ginseng injection in 3 deaths (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 10:25 AM CDT

AP - A ginseng injection contaminated by bacteria caused the deaths of three people using the medicine to treat thrombosis and heart disease, state media reported Tuesday.

China jails Tibetan monks convicted in bomb blast (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 08:15 AM CDT

AP - Eight Buddhist monks convicted of bombing a government building in Tibet during an anti-government uprising in March have been sentenced to prison, two of them for life, a judge said Tuesday.

China surplus with US $17.5 billion in Sept. (AP)

Posted: 14 Oct 2008 06:09 AM CDT

AP - China's trade surplus with the United States held steady at $17.5 billion in September, the national customs agency announced Tuesday.
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